Wardrobe trunk



S. ORENSTEIN.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

FILED JUNE 25.1920.

dan. E35, i923.,

SAMUEL oEEns'rErn, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

i WARDROBE TRUNK.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1920. i Serial No. 391,580.

To all w from t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SAMUEL OnENs'rEIN, a citizen ot the United States,and a resident oi Newark, county ot Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Tvllardrobe Trunks, otwhich the following is a `speeifi-` cation.

This invention relates to an improvement in wardrobe trunks and isdesigned toprovide a `trunk in which a lollower in the form of a boardcan be attached to the trunk and supported in a horizontal orapproximately horizontal positionso that it can be used as a table, butthe primary use i'or which it is adapted as an ironing board, this boardand the trunk also being adapted for use so that the board is within thetrunk when the trunk is closed, being adapted for use as a `iiollower sothat the clothingis held `snugly von the hangers customarily used insuch trunks` The invention i'urtheroonsistsyin theuse oit a bar which iseXtensible andwhich is adjustable within the trunk 'so as to holdtheiboard used as a Jfollower in order that `the board can not` retreatand permit the clothingto be disarranged, and when ein tended`,\this barterms a leg which supporte the outer end ot theboard` as an ironingboard. l

Theinvention further consists in details `of construction that will bemore fully described hereinafter and linally embodied in the claims. i

y The invention is illustrated in the: accomwhen it.` is used panyingdrawing, in which Figure i is a section ot part oi a wardrobe trunk withthe board shown m position a. tollower,

l n v the position it assumes as an ironing1 board or table. Figure 2 isa perspective view oit", the board andassooiated elements to boldmodified form of fixture to permit adjust ment as to'height of theironing board.

`lt illustrate only somuch oi a trunk as is neeessaryvuto showntheicooperation ofthe and also being shown, in dottecil outlines, in

front view andFigure 6 an edge view oit a' parts, inthe drawing theparti() being the part of a wardrobe trunk in which garments aresuspended, usually on rails 1l at the upper part of each side ot thetrunk, on which the `clothes hangers l2 are ai'- ranged so that thegarments i3 can be suitably disposed;` y l z.

The board Mean be otany desired torni and it is adapted torluse either atable or as an ironing board and is suspended, when within the trunk, onthe rails ll by means ot a bar liiixedly secured at one end 01" theboard 11i, usually by sleeves or eye 16, the ends `17 oi' the barprojecting beyond the edges ot the board so that the ends l rest on thetop oit the rails 1l and the board can be` 'pressed back to act as atollower against the garments 13 and hold them. snugly' in position, sothat when the trunl-: is only partially illed -with clothing theclothing can be held snugly in position.

In order to hold the follower I provide a means which is preferablyadjustable toiholding the board in position. This `moans comprisesbrackets 18 which lare arranged atthe sides of the truuk at a properpoint below the rails ll, `usually.about halt way down, and I alsoemploy a `bar 19 which acts as a pressure bai-.against the board 1+i andhas another unetion as a legof the board when it is usedas anironingboard, which Jfunction will be, described hereinafter.` A l i Thebar 19 is extensible, the form shown comprising two Imembers 20 and 2lwhich are hinged or pivoted together, as at 2Q, so thatthey swing inparallel. planes and when asseinbledare shortenfmgh topass between thebrackets 1S and are `adjustable along these braeketathe torni oiadjustment coinprising opening@ 22 in the braolnts,` one end oi the barhavi a hook 2st. to enter the per-v itorations in one bracket,` and alatrh with a Aiinger-piece 26 by which it can b operated and slidbackward, this latch 2,5 being i'isually a spring; latch and entere thevopenings Qfot the other bracket.

lt will be readily eeen that when the 'hook 24e is put in one side otthe` trunk at point where; the'proper pressure will be applied to theboard 14, the bar is swung so that the latch `25 catches in an openingin the oppositerbracket andthe bar is held in place against accidentalInovementl, Thisbaralso,

holds the board against vertical movement,l which can be done by placinga U-shaped clip 217 in the under side of the board at a proper point sothat the rod i5 or as an ironing board the bar 19 is extended byswinging it so that the members form a leg, shown in dotted outline tothe left of Figure 1, and to hold them in line suitable means, such as aclip 28 on each side, can be used, and the hook 211 catches into a ring29 at the end of the board', although any suitable means for fasteningthe end of the leg and the end of thev board can be used..` The innerend of the board is supported in fixtures 30, one on each sideot thetrunk at the proper height, the end17 of the bar 15 fitting in thesefixtures.

One form of' fixture, shown inFigures 3 and 1, has an opening 31 ofabout the same diameter as the rod 15, With a restricted entrance 32,the rod being cut away, as at 33, to form slots which permit theentrance oft` the ends of the rod through these restricted openings inthe fixtures, asI shown in Figure 3, and then When the board is swungupward to its normal position, as shown in Figure 4, the slotted partnot being in regis- -ter With the restricted opening, the board can notbe WithdrawnA until= it is again sivung downward to the position shownin Figure 3. This is a simple manner of making the inner end of theboard easily attachable and detachable to andk from the trunk Thebrackets 30 are usually made of sheet metal and the part that engagesthe rod is oft-set so as to provide room for the end of the bar beyondthe slot 32 to be housed'.

A modified form of fixture is shown in Figures 5 and 6, this fixture 311having a series of openings 35 similar to that shown in Figures 3 and t,so that the inner end of the board can be placed at various heights tosuit the individual Whois to use it, thisbeing also adaptable for thecheaper types in which the outer end of the board, instead of setting ona leg formed by the bar 19, can be supported onl any suitable piece offurniture or'fitting in a room, such as a Window sill or the like.

It will be evident that changes can be made in the details. oiconstruction and also in the assembling of the parts Without departingfrom my invention.

I claim:

l1. The combina-tion of a Wardrobe trunk having hanger supporting railsand bar supporting fixtures, with an ironing board li'a.rv-

inga transverse bar tosuspend it from thel rails so as to-- serve asafollower and to sup-- port it in said fixtures so thatl it can be useda5A an ironing board.

2. The combination of a \\`;.rdrobe trunk having hanger supporting railsand bar supporting fixtures, with an ironing board baving a transversebar to suspend it from the rails so as to serve as a follower and tosupport it in said fixtures, und an extensibe bar adapted tor engagementwith the suspended board to hold it in position as a. -follower, saidbar when extended serving as a leg for the outer end ot the board, thebar, the trunk and the board having enacting parts to permit such use.

3. The combination o't a wardrobe trunk having hanger supporting railsfor the sus pension ot clothing and having fixtures on opposite 'frontedges, with a board adapted to be suspended so as to act as a followerfor clothing` in the trunk, means for holding the board in position as atolloiver, and means supporting the board in the fixtures so that it isusable as an ironing board.

4;. The combination ot a Wardrobe trunk having supporting rails for thesuspension oit hangers, a board having a transverse rod at one end andprojecting beyond the`board so to be suspended trom the rails, the trunkhaving slotted fixtures in its side edges into nhirh the ends of the rodcan be seated for using the board as an ironing board.

5. The combination of a wardrobe trunk having supporting rails for thesnsiiension of hangers. a board having a transverse rod at one end andprojecting beyond the board so as to be suspended from the rails, thetrunk having slotted fixtures in its side edges into which the ends ofthe rod can be seated for using the board as an ironing board, anextensible bar Which when extended acts as a leg for the ironing board.the trunk having brackets in which the folded bar can be placed to holdthe board in position as :1 folloiver when the board is suspended fromthe rails.

6. rlhe combination ot' a wardrobe trunk having rails at the top ol thesides and brackets at the sides below said rails. with an extensible bawhich when folded engages said b tickets and having means for engagingthe brackets so as to adjust the bar thereon. and a board having a. baron one end so as to suspend the board from the rails and having a deviceon the opposite end to receive the extended bar which acl-s a leg forthe board so as to permit its use :n: un ironing board.

i'. rllbe ,f'ombinatioi'i of :i ivardrol'ie truuk having rails1 at theton ot the sides and lnackets at the side Enid brackets each haw ing aseries of nertorations` with a board baring a transverse rod at one endso that the lr-oard can be suspended from tbe rails. and a barcomprising tvro members pivoted toeet1 as to swing in parallel planesand nerso when folded being adapted to lie between the brackets, saidbar having on 011e end a hook and on the other end a latch to enter theperforations in the brackets.

S. The combination with a Wardrobe trunk 5 having hanger supportingrails and supporting fixtures, of an ironing board having transversemeans at one end to suspend it from the rails or to support it in thefixtures,

and means at the other end cooperating With the fixtures to support itin horizontal posi- 1C tion when serving as an ironing board.

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing, I

have hereto set my hand, this 17th day of June, 1920.

SAMUEL ORENSTEIN.

